{"id":13423,"date":"2019-06-14T09:27:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T13:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13423"},"modified":"2019-06-14T09:27:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T13:27:38","slug":"beware-as-technology-becomes-more-sophisticated-so-do-scammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13423","title":{"rendered":"Beware: As technology becomes more sophisticated, so do scammers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Warning: Scammers targeting Medicare recipients with new genetic testing scheme. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General warns that as technology becomes more sophisticated, so do scammers. Currently scammers will often offer gifts at retirement communities, senior nutrition centers or Medicare expos for anyone who listened to a pitch about free DNA testing. During the event the scammer may swab a person\u2019s cheek to collect saliva and gather identifying information, such as their name, date of birth and Medicare number. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/2019\/06\/13\/scammers-targeting-medicare-recipients-with-new-genetic-testing-scheme\/\">article here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file0001852299526-caution-tape-warning-beware-700x525.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9700\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file0001852299526-caution-tape-warning-beware-700x525-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file0001852299526-caution-tape-warning-beware-700x525-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/file0001852299526-caution-tape-warning-beware-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning: Scammers targeting Medicare recipients with new genetic testing scheme. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illegal-activities","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13424,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13423\/revisions\/13424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}